US border crisis: What does migrant caravan mean for the midterm election?

The caravan gave Trump a new, politically advantageous story to tell

The flier began circulating on social media in Honduras this month, showing a lone migrant sketched against a bright red backdrop.

It was a call to join a caravan, the work of leftist activists and politicians who had helped lead migrants north in the past. But they also tossed a political spark into the mix, blaming their right-wing government for the exodus: “The violence and poverty is expelling us.”

They never expected it to ignite an international firestorm.

Far from Honduras, the White House was busy grappling with the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist whose death inside a Saudi consulate had tarnished